Mohave County miner., 1887-06-18
OUR MINES.
What the Miners of ssoisnve Conn
~ Have Been Dcing the Fast
Week.


The Graphic Smelling Company, OF So
corro, is compelled 10 discontinue It's ad-
vertisement in this paper, as they have
more ore on hand thin they can work.
So much for advertising.
| II. A. Owen. better known as "Ch!o-
ride Jack ;" claims to have made another
rich strike on the Santa Maria river in
the southern portion Of the county. The
ledge is four feet wide and the ore shows
free gold. Mr.. Owen claims that 1t viii
| average three ounces TO the ton in gold.
The new mining district Of Black Metal
| IL attracting SONS attention from mihing
capitalists. This district is situated on
the California side OF the Colorado river
about seventy miles below the Needles,
and twelve miles above Bill Williams
Fork. The mines are about two miles
from the river. Las Angeles people are
erecting q ten stamp mill IN the new dig
trict and considerable prospecting il go
ing on. The ores are principally copper
lnd gold. We shall watch the develo?
meat o! this district with interest; az,
owing to its nearncsS to Kingman, much
Vi tho ore produced Will naturally find its
way to our samplipg Works.
Superintendent Mackenzie, Of the Gu.
pei mine, has another carload OF ore
sucked up raady for shipment which he
st 81 stea ;~iH sample 2jJ ounces per ton.
fh, ID Iir ore streak ell! holds good ard
l4g already been onanei up aboF /
.oyca;y-GYc irct. %to"ng has been com
mauco3 and l}rger ST.. ..bo@ts d org may
a1w he lq1Eel lor, i small streIk Vi
iiuh org bas"lso'I Is'a ea.oIntercd in thr
,rcaa-.as now hn.~ C..a to connect with
Qla MJJnhean siA:t.
An average s,m! .a ni H1G orc now lc-
ing taken from the Night Hawk mine,
near Layne'B splB4, Dwne | and WORKED
by iha jovial AMI irrepresdb!o George
L gvcrs, assayed'G13 % ounces in silver and
24i4 oinces in gol1 last week. AsGeorge
has a large shipment Of this ore Oh tie
rod 10 k.ingInan, We inay expect - hear
some wonderful returns from it. The
! mining resources OF Mohaye county can
! u9ly je family estimated as yet, but the
mining world is already according to Us
the place that our merits deserve.
Tommy Mcmillan had carload Of ore
from the Prince Gaorge mine, Stockton
Hill, worked last week which sampled
nearly 100 ounces.
The Cupel mine sent down another car
load but the assays were sent TO Prescott
and returns have not yet been received.
Gordon and Graves, who have a lease
on the upper end Of the Silver King mine,
C. o. ID. basin, sent down a couple OF tons
| OF ore last week which went away up.
C.E Sherman, OF Mineral Park, had a
small lot OF ore worked Last week from
one O! his claims north OF Surrum's Peak.
There is another carload Of screenings
from the c. o. y. mine on hand at the
sampling Works, and another carload Of
first cass GRE from the same mine is due
tomorrow. The samp!ing Works people
expect and are preparing for busy week
next week.
Assayer Middleton. Of the sampling
Works, thinks nothing of making from
forty to sixty ASSAYS day.
Mr.. Benson, OF the San Bernardino
mine, Chloride, hal couple Of lots Of
ore from that mine put through the sanp
ling process this morning. We hope bis
returns will prove satisfactory.
George Mendes, who is one Of the
many miners in the county who are i'm
pressed with the belief that the mtnea
around Chloride are as good as any in the
county, brought over about % sacks from
the Illinois mine, the proceeds OF Which
Justify hfs faith in Chloride mines.